Three Exhibits At Once

 

It has been quite the month for me as far as exhibits go, I had three quilts simultaneously on display in various places. And I only have gotten to one of them myself.

First, was the quilt, Ocean Effect, that I made for the Bay Area Modern Quilt exhibit at the San Mateo County Fair, "Modern Art Meets Modern Quilt." This is a picture of the exhibit showing off many of the great modern art inspired pieces that we made.

And I even won a first place ribbon! Photo credit for both of these pictures go to one of our members, Erin M.

Secondly, another BAMQ exhibit, this time at the Redwood City Public Library Downtown, right in the children's section. Sixteen quilts representing popular children's books. When I was in there checking out the display, there were several kids and their grown-ups choosing their favorites. It's a great display.

My Wizard of Oz quilt

And then, much much closer to home, the San Lorenzo Valley Quilters put out a call for quilts to be displayed at the Boulder Creek Library. 

Luckily for me, my wonderful DH has gone to the library and shared this selfie with my quilt, Burn Grow Slide that's hanging up. 

It's great to have the opportunity to support libraries by sharing my art.

Sunny Report

I've been spending time outside on the deck this weekend, enjoying the spring blooming that's happening. And reading a gigantic Stephen King library book, Fairy Tale. 

Our olive tree finally got moved. Well, DH and DS dug it up and moved it. The change in location didn't just happen on its own of course. We didn't expect the tree to get so tall, I think it was supposed to be a dwarf version? But it was almost hitting the power lines, so off to the edge of our garden it went. Fingers crossed it survives the transplantation. I think the gray-ish leaves will look nice against the dark redwoods.

The lilacs are going crazy this year, it smells really really amazing.

The cherry tree is in blossom too, and I'm so pleased it didn't fall over in the storms.

One of the dead branches came off of it, but that was fine. It's soaked up all the rain and burst forth. The bees are Very Busy.

Four ravens overhead, silent while they glide the currents.their shadows enough to bring me out of the 600 page book.
 

Library Reading Challenge for 2009

A reading challenge has been issued by book blogger, J. Kaye, with a twist.

The twist is to commit to reading a certain number of books from your library.

You can sign up here if you want to join in.

I really use my library a lot, reserving books online, renewing stuff online, downloading audio books, checking out movies, and cd's. The one in my town is really comfy and low-key and the building is beautiful. For the most part the librarians and staff that work there are super nice and fun to chat books with. I hope that your library is as accessible and well-stocked as mine is, it is impossible for me to imagine our country without free public libraries.

This will be a post that I edit and add the books in a list as I read them over 2009.

My goal is to read 50 books from the library in 2009.

Library Books I've Read in 2009:

1. Astro City Vol.3:Family Album - Kurt Busiek

2. Atro City Vol. 4:Tarnished Angel - Kurt Buseiek

3. Civilwarland In Bad Decline - George Saunders

4. Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris
5. The Garden in Winter - Suzy Bales
6. A People's History of American Empire - Howard Zinn
7. The Harvest Gardener - Susan McClure
8. The Tofu Cookbook - Becky Johnson
9. The Iron Hunt - Marjorie Liu
10. The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
11. The Dark Side - Jane Mayer
12. Just After Sunset - Stephen King
13. Twilight - Stephanie Meyer
14. On Guerilla Gardening - Richard Reynolds
15. The Full Cupboard of Life - Alexander McCall Smith
16. Pruning Fruiting Plants - Richard Bird
17. Beader's Color Palette - Margie Deeb
18. Bloodsucking Fiends - Christopher Moore
19. Living Dead in Dallas - Charlaine Harris
20. 12 Secrets of Highly Creative Women - Gail McMeekin
21. Quest - Denise Linn
22. Four Acts of Personal Power - Denise Linn
23. New Moon - Stephanie Meyer
24. Living Dead in Dallas - Charlaine Harris
25. Club Dead- Charlaine Harris
26. Eclipse - Stephanie Meyer
27. The Neddiad - Daniel Pinkwater
28. Dead to the World - Charlaine Harris
29. Dead as a Doornail - Charlaine Harris
30. Definitely Dead- Charlaine Harris
31. All Together Dead- Charlaine Harris
32. Bite - Laurell K. Hamilton
33. From Dead to Worse - Charlaine Harris
34. Blue Shoes and Happiness - Alexander McCall Smith
35. The Beekeeper's Apprentice - Laurie R. King
36. Bee Season - Myla Goldberg
37. Fast Fit - Sandra Betzina
38. The Good Earth Beauty Book - Casey Kellar
39. Breaking Dawn - Stephanie Meyer
40. Dead and Gone - Charlaine Harris
41. Wildly Successful Plants Northern California - Pam Peirce
42. Water Garden Idea Book - Lee Anne White
43. Creative Serging - Nancy Bednar
44. Lisey's Story - Stephen King
45. Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace
46. The Forgetting Room - Nick Bantock